"Inspector George Gently" Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb trailers and videos full cast and crew trivia official sites memorable quotes Overview 47 out of 49 people found the following review useful: Wonderful from United Kingdom 13 September 2010 As a huge fan of detective series/dramas, I was surprised at how much I loved Inspector George Gently. Three years ago, admittedly, it didn't completely appeal to me, but when I did decide to give the series a chance I am glad I did, and am struggling to give a good enough reason why it didn't appeal to me before. Inspector George Gently is brilliant in every aspect. It is strikingly filmed, with the photography stunning and the scenery and locations very well chosen and evocative. The music is very good too, quite stirring and haunting, and always careful not to overshadow what is going on on screen. Then we are treated to some truly great writing that is intelligent and has the odd bit of subtle humour and complex but very well explained stories.

The direction is very fine, and the acting is top notch consistently with the guest actors making the most of their characters and stories and Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby brilliant both individually and together, complete with a very interesting chemistry. To conclude, this is a wonderful series that I can't wait to see more of. 10/10 Bethany Cox Was the above review useful to you? 36 out of 44 people found the following review useful: Great Series but with a Recurring Goof from United Kingdom 8 October 2010 This is a high quality, well written series which contains excellent acting and believable plots (well, more believable than "Midsomer Murders" for example). The episodes can be viewed as standard "whodunnits" but also spectacularly reveal the massive changes in law, attitudes and culture in the UK over the past 45 years or so. My only gripe is that, despite the great attention that is paid to period detail, the writers always make the mistake (not restricted to this series) of scripting the words "against you" in the caution used by a police officer when making an arrest.

The UK police caution in such circumstances before 1995 was: "You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so but anything you do say may be given in evidence." The words "used against you" were only ever used in USA. To have used these words in UK could have prejudiced the case. Was the above review useful to you? 23 out of 23 people found the following review useful: Policing in the 60's from United Kingdom 23 June 2012 It's an outstanding Police series set in the northeast in the mid 60's when murderers are still sent to the gallows. Martin Shaw plays Detective Chief Inspector George Gently and Ex Metropolitan Police officer and Lee Ingleby plays a cocky young Detective Sergeant Bacchus. Bacchus is occasionally described as a nasty piece of work and he often is. He's George's bulldog and George is not afraid to set him lose. In 60's terms, George would not be classed as corrupt but he's not adverse to giving a bit of a slap when necessary. He's keen to get the right person locked up.

Martin Shaw is worlds away from the smug hypocritical Judge Deed and all the better for it. From my own experience I can say that the series is quite realistic and I have no hesitation in recommending it. I look forward to further episodes Was the above review useful to you? 21 out of 23 people found the following review useful: my wife was murdered sergeant from United States 17 November 2010 Martin Shaw plays an out of sync copper. He want answers, he wants justice, he wants someone caught but he will play by the rules. He gets paired with a younger partner, John Bacchcus played by Lee Ingleby, who is more interested in getting results than following the rules but "understands" he might learn something from his unwanted mentor George Gently. OK the characters last names may be a bit too much symbolic but their working relationship is well worth watching and the writing is quit good. Getting through the accents might be a push for some but after a few episodes you get the cadence. A good series. And I like the Bacchus character, who doesn't like a flawed character especially one who is a quick study. Was the above review useful to you?

11 out of 11 people found the following review useful: Beyond cops and robbers 22 June 2015 There are two massive reasons to like and admire this series. 1. The characters. The solid, thoughtful Inspector Gently is perfectly matched against his hot-headed subordinate Bacchus. I love both these personalities, and the way their peculiar, very 1960s outlooks interlock. Bacchus in particular is a really great creation, because he's likable in spite of his obvious faults. 2. The fact that it's ABOUT something. These are not just mindless whodunit puzzles. Each episode of the show has a strong point to make. In fact, multiple points. About how attitudes have evolved, during and since the 1960s. About human nature. About the law, and policing. This is a show that works as a police procedural, but also works extremely well as drama. Apart from those two strengths, the show has atmosphere, a unique style, great dialog, and seething emotional confrontations. It's thoughtful, yet never slow. In fact, it's good on every conceivable level, including many that are rarely present in mere TV entertainment.

In short, this is one of the best cop shows ever to come out of the UK. Or anywhere else, for that matter. Was the above review useful to you? 9 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Dreadful Title , But what A Gem! from United States 14 January 2014 I only recently discovered this little unsung gem on PBS. I am English and am always attracted by British shows. This is a truly excellent series, the stories are always different and well thought out. The 90 minute time allows for more developments than those of 60 minutes shows which often lack details of characters and plot. It's interesting the way the 60's setting allows prejudices at that time to pop up and impact the stories. As a Gay man one scripting nugget I truly appreciated was when the younger detective voiced his homophobic opinions, Gently mildly pointed out that electroshock treatment could be considered, when the younger guy responded with that "it doesn't work, their still queer" Gently reproved with the witty response "I meant for you.' I have happily endorsed this show to many people, well worth anybody's time. Was the above review useful to you?

7 out of 7 people found the following review useful: Fighting crime in a decade of change 8 May 2014 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Created by Peter Flannery George Gently is based on the George Gently book series written by Alan Hunter and it stars Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby. The series begins in 1964, George Gently(Martin Shaw)is an honest London detective, a former soldier who fights against police corruption and is always on the side of the victim. Gently's relentless pursuit of London gangsters and corrupt police officers ends tragically when his wife is murdered on the orders of one of the gangsters. A devastated Gently leaves London and joins the Northumberland Police force where he's paired with the young, hot headed Sergeant John Bacchus(Lee Ingleby). The two are complete opposites both in terms of their approach to the job and in personality. Despite their differences they begin to work well together and eventually become close friends, with Gently assuming the role of surrogate father and mentor to Bacchus.

The series highlights the changes which this decade brought about for the UK including the abolition of the death penalty, less respect for authority figures, racist and sexist attitudes slowly being overcome and of course the daring fashions and sexual freedom. The stories are excellent and tackle subjects ranging from Police corruption to illegal abortions. George Gently is one of the best British detective series ever made. Despite the good story lines, performances and period detail, the highlight of the series has to be the friendship and banter between Gently and Bacchus. They grow closer as the series goes on and in season 6 Bacchus becomes even more dear to Gently after he saves his life. Martin and Lee have a beautiful chemistry and the quality of the series is such that you can't wait for another season to come along. Long may Gently and Bacchus continue to fight crime. Was the above review useful to you? 11 out of 15 people found the following review useful: BBC at its best - minus the political correctness from United States 11 September 2013 I have watched several of the earlier episodes of this brilliant BBC detective series.

It has it all: clever plots that are never quite what they seem to be, a dry "British" (I think it is universal) sense of subtle humor, two interesting leads who work perfectly together in their roles, topical plots (circa 1960's but still interesting) that are a cut above your normal plots and do not pull any punches, a quality sense of drama that packs a huge emotional punch (see Season 2 episode 1 'Gently with the innocents' and tell me you are not moved). I have watched many BBC series, detective and otherwise, sometimes with mixed results. This series is right up there at the top except for one big flaw. The writers, as many times happens, editorialize in their plots. If they removed the political correctness and stuck to good detective plots I would have added stars. Was the above review useful to you? 8 out of 10 people found the following review useful: ..leaves an over-riding impression of quality........

6 September 2011 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Transferring from the Met to escape the endemic corruption amongst CID officers,George Gently(Mr M.Shaw)gruff but compassionate is saddled with DC Bacchus(Mr L.Ingleby),later promoted to DS,mainly,it must be said on Gently's back,who is,frankly,everything Gently left the Met to escape from."Handy",i.e.not averse to giving a suspect the odd smack, not totally committed to the "innocent until proved guilty"mantra,and very,very ambitious,to the point of joining the Brotherhood to further his career(and that's not even even considering the fact that he impregnates the Chief Constable's daughter). After a p*ssing contest lasting several episodes an exasperated Gently finally forces Bacchus into the boxing ring and knocks seven bells out of him,thus earning his respect and not,as you might imagine,his eternal enmity.

Mr Shaw,often remembered solely for his bad hair days in "The Professionals has matured over the years into a fine expressive and sensitive actor from "Judge John Deed" to "The Scarlet Pimpernel",his splendid voice has given gravitas to some scripts of variable merit. As Gently he retains the vestiges of a London accent that has had the rough edges knocked off it as he climbed the Met's ranks. Only the occasional lost aspirate or glottal stop cunningly inserted are giveaways that he is not the classic middle class senior detective of the era. Mr Ingleby,full of energy and aggression,keen to make a name for himself and climb the slippery pole,is just right as the junior detective as chancer:one eye open to give his guv'nor a good impression. The latest series started Sunday night with a rare excursion into the pop culture of the mid 1960s. A schoolgirl is found murdered and Gently's investigations gradually unravel the secret lives of a group of pupils and teachers. There was a brilliant,rather moving performance from Mr N.Morrisey - not,I must admit,a favourite of mine - as the Jimmy Saville figure hosting a T-T.T.V.

pop show, gradually accepting that he is getting too old for the job and preparing to move reluctantly on. D.S.Bacchus is clearly going to be eternally "on a promise" and Gently even more brooding than before. The over - riding impression left by his series is one of quality,high production values,stunning settings and fine supporting performances throughout. Compared to other TV Cop Shows this is indeed,High Art. Was the above review useful to you? 3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: As good as it gets -- for viewers who normally prefer Shakespeare to TV drama 12 December 2015 *** This review may contain spoilers *** I've just finished Series 6 (2014), after thinking each prior season couldn't be topped. "Blue for Bluebird" cuts so deeply in a viewer's psyche, that anyone who is a child of a parent or parent of a child can't afford to pass it up. I'm at once John Bacchus' Cordelia to Gently's Lear and Bachus's Lear toward his own Cordelia.

I'm done with all American series--NCIS, Law and Order, Bones, Criminal Minds--all of it pretentious, exploitive, escapist. The formulas soon becoming numbing--people viewing screens (that never require rebooting); scenes always ending with the central character rushing off (as if he had more important things to do); ghoulish fixation on dead bodies and body parts; hot babes and cool hunks for the groupies; repetitious lightweight musical scores. But "George Gently" rises above even its British rivals--Hustle, Morse, Endeavor. It's the importance of every detail, the willingness to have everything in place for a microsecond shot of ordinary citizens in their harsh environments; the characters of Gently and Bacchus and their relationship over time (we witness it through physical as well as emotional changes). Initially Inglespy is an overachieving kid who seems in over his head; Martin Shaw is a placid, stone-like, solid investigator.

By the time of the last episode of Season 6 (a masterpiece of writing), Shaw has emerged as a actor of unsurpassed believability, the heart and soul of a production that rarely veers from its driving theme and purpose: the dissection of the thin line that separates love from hate, evil and irremediable pain and suffering. This series would be unthinkable on the big American networks (even PBS). I couldn't recommend it more highly-- from production values, to casting and acting, to the edification of the viewer's mind and soul. Was the above review useful to you? Page 1 of 2: Q&A with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby from 'Inspector George Gently' | Tellyspotting Q&A with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby from 'Inspector George Gently' On: February 5, 2014, By: Bill Young , In: Action/Drama , Actors/Actresses , Drama , 3 Comments The excruciatingly lengthy wait since we last saw Inspector George Gently in the Durham Cathedral shootings is over. Inspector George Gently returns tomorrow (Thursday, 6 February) on BBC One.

For those viewers is the U.S., you can see the return of Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus beginning in April on public television stations. It’s now 1969 and Gently, played brilliantly by Martin Shaw, and Bacchus, played equally as brilliantly by Lee Ingleby, are both suffering from their own physical and mental scars several months after the horrific shootings that nearly claimed their lives in Durham Cathedral. In this new series both Gently and Bacchus discover that they have quite different approaches to a world that is changing very fast as they investigate a death in police custody. We caught up with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby on the set while they were filming series 6 earlier this summer. Tellyspotting: The relationship between George and John Bacchus has evolved since the very beginning. Is there a point in the series where Gently sees a bit as to where John is coming from and he becomes more of a teacher at that point? Martin Shaw: I think his impulse is to be a teacher right from the beginning.

Having lost his wife early on and never having had children, I think he has sort of twin impulses with John Bacchus of wanting to train another policeman but also to have a son. I think Bacchus fulfills both roles. With the end of series 6 where we’re both shot. At the end of it, it’s not sure we’re going to survive. When we pick up with the next series, it’s about rehabilitation, especially for George given that he’s been through the war. Being shot and at shooting people is fairly commonplace. For Bacchus, it’s something deeply unusual and traumatic which begins Gently ‘teaching’ John, in a very subtle way, to carry on with life. There’s also the warmth of the father/son relationship but wouldn’t dare articulate it in case John said “…what are you talking about, I don’t need another father”. TS: The series is set in the 60’s. Having lived through that time personally, do you see a bit of a parallel between the issues that people were dealing with at that time with the challenges being faced in the 21st century? Martin: I think the parallels are always there. I don’t think human nature changes very much over time.

I think there is always a parallel, just a different context. Tellyspotting: Lee, how is it on your end going back to the 60’s to an era that you did not grow up in? Seems like you’re having a lot of fun with the 60’s. Lee Ingleby: Absolutely, it was such a great time. It was a time of change whether it be musically, fashion or attitude. Everything was coming in to its own. For me, it was great. It’s almost like a look at where we’ve come from. Martin: From an observation standpoint, on a visual level, the 60’s seem to suit me very well with the hair, etc. Lee looks like a refuge from a 60’s album cover. Having lived through the 60’s, walking on the set, I see an incarnation of a 60’s rock star. It suits Lee very well, I think. TS: I was originally wondering if there was a bit of a young George Gently in John Bacchus, but now, Lee, I’m wondering if there a bit of a young Martin Shaw in you? Lee: You know, I don’t know, maybe.

When I first took the role, and we were trying to decide who our characters were, I always thought that John Bacchus was the kind of guy that went to see Dr. No at the cinema and thought ‘I want to be Sean Connery’. You know, wearing those suits and having the women go ‘Hello, Mr. Bacchus’. That was his romantic idea of what the job is. TS: The subject matter in George Gently is incredibly dark and you’re dealing with all the issue of the times. One scene in particular in the midst of all that you deal with in the most recent season, you were learning to dance and going to Northwood Soul. There are periodic light moments which allow the audience to breathe a bit that are drop-dead funny. Martin: I think that’s a quality that Lee’s got. A quality that he brings to the show in that he’s sort of naturally funny. TS: For the both of you, is it important for you, when getting the roles in George Gently, to understand the back story of your character that’s not in the script. Is it important as you prepare for the role to understand how each character would react in a certain situation?

Lee: I think we both found it very important, really. Martin: Absolutely. It’s really vital. I think that it’s possibly one of the successes to the relationship is that we can both be bothered. A lot of actors today wouldn’t be bothered to know. But we pretty much always know what the back story is. It helps you to be instinctive in your responses because you know who the character is and where he’s been. TS: Over the course of the entire series, do you interact with the writers and directors of the series to shape the direction of the character? Martin: We certainly do so now, but it’s been a slow process over the life of the series. By nature, I think actors, as a genre, have a reputation for being difficult, but I think it’s taken awhile for people to understand that we’re not being difficult but that we just want to get it right and get it better. Lee: I think it’s important that we put in our own input as well. Not that we have a say as to how it should be written, but more of offering input because we’ve played the characters for so long. We kind of feel that we know how they would think, what they would do.

Especially, over time, if there are new writers that come in who haven’t been there from the beginning like we have. There’s the crime story, obviously, that’s written but without these two characters and the detail, it’s just a crime story. We think the stuff that is golden is these two and how they deal with it. What they do and don’t do. It’s not just about the solving of the crime that makes this series but the situation that they both find themselves in at the time. The conversations that they have that’s more often not related to the crime but what they are thinking. TS: The ‘crime’ almost takes a back seat to the personal lives of the two characters and the interaction that follows. Martin: That’s good to hear you say that because that is exactly what both Lee and I aim for. There’s any number of whodunit’s on TV, but we just wanted to be a slightly different one and I think it must be character led and not plot led. Lee: We weren’t afraid for these characters to not agree with each other. The more we’re not ‘happy clappy’ the better and the more we want to push the characters. They are there for each other.

TS: Without giving too much away, what can George Gently fans look forward to in the series being filmed now? Martin: Well, it starts with our having to recover, the trauma that ensues from the events that took place in the final episode of the last series. Through that, we are investigating another police force because there has been a death in custody. Along with that, Gently is trying to bring John Bacchus back into the police force really. John has been so traumatized by what’s happened that he doesn’t know if he wants to carry on or not. TS: Lee, the relationship between the two characters of Bacchus and Gently. Early on, you were excited to work with ‘the legend’ that is George Gently and but seem to have some difficulty dealing with the old-school copper. Is there a point in time you begin to understand where George Gently is coming from and that he’s there to help you? Lee: Yeah, I think so, definitely. Bacchus has always been aware of Gently’s standing and his reputation as a copper. As things move on, they have the utmost respect for one another.

It is that sort of relationship where Bacchus isn’t a ‘yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir’ character. He can say ‘I think you’re wrong’ and Gently will go ‘Well, I think you’re wrong’ but both can admit when the other is right. I think the relationship between the two keeps evolving. Over time, their loyalties and their trust is tested but that’s what makes it interesting. TS: Finally, Lee, I have to say I re-watched Spaced the other night and that was a brilliant fight scene. Lee: It was a great fight scene with a much, much younger Lee Ingleby. Inspector George Gently “Gently Between the Lines” premieres tonight on BBC One. The incredibly tense opening sequence and the 90-minutes of back and forth testing of the relationship between Gently and Bacchus makes the wait well worth it. Related Posts Interview: Lee Ingleby (From This Is Lancashire) 0 comments BRIERFIELD actor Lee Ingleby is set to become a household name when he stars in the BBC's new retro police drama, Inspector George Gently, starting tonight.

We spoke to him about the '60s fashion, The Beatles and working with your idol. IT'S surely a case for the likes of DCI Gene Hunt or Inspector George Gently — how come so many of TV's old school coppers' first “beats” were in East Lancashire? The latest retro bobby to hit our screens is unruly Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, played by Brierfield's Lee Ingleby. The former pupil of Edge End High School, Nelson, will hit our screens tomorrow night on the BBC's four-part Inspector George Gently. He plays one half of a classic crime-fighting partnership with Chief Inspector Gently (Martin Shaw). He follows in the footsteps of fellow Nelson schoolboy John Simm, who starred in Life on Mars. Comparisons have inevitably been drawn between the two BBC retro cop shows. “I play Bacchus, who is the Gene Hunt character I suppose, but without being that small-minded,” said Lee, 33, formerly of Mansfield Crescent. “I think Gently sees the potential within him and tries to mould him to be a better policeman. "That’s the interesting relationship between them — it’s not just as simple as there’s the main guy and his sidekick.

"They’re very opposing elements, they’ve got different methods and different backgrounds, but I suppose Gently’s the more modern copper in a way. “With him it’s more a case of ‘we’ll do this properly and by the book’, whereas I think Bacchus is more inclined to think ‘well, if we’re in the right ballpark . . .”’ But Burnley-born Lee's foray into small-screen detection will cover much darker ground than Simm's adventures. Bacchus helps Gently to track down his wife's killer, tackling issues ranging from prostitution to rape and racism, and abuse in a children's home. "It's very dark," admitted Lee, a former Accrington and Rossendale College student. "It reflects the case that was in Jersey. It's an unfolding piece where there's more to it than it first seems." A child of the '70s, Lee is enjoying getting to grips with an era before his time, the Swinging '60s. "I love everything about the period. The cars are amazing and I love my character's MG sport!" said Lee, currently single and living in London.

"As an actor, I don't really need to try to recreate the '60s, as it's all there for you. "Susan Scott (costume designer) has done a fantastic job and seeing the make-up and hair design, especially for the girls. It's great. "I love my costumes and, given the chance, I'd buy all of my suits and shoes. "The suits have been tailored for me and are really comfortable to wear. "I'd be bang up for being able to walk out in a suit — the trouble is people would think I was living that character all the time. "Some of the furniture on set's been great. I loved the colourful white bubble chairs with red interior that you can sit cocooned in. "They were very retro and funky and would probably be worth a fortune now. "I'm quite into retro-'60s furniture and have some at home. "I've still got a record player and still play vinyl. I think it sounds so much better than digital. "I also have an old dialling phone — but dialling 999 would have taken ages. "I love The Stones, The Beatles and The Kinks.

My dad was a Buddy Holly fan and The Beatles were highly influenced by him so guess that they would be my favourite group from the period. "My body shape lends itself to the '60s dress sense. I'd love to have lived back then. "It seemed like an exciting time for change, music and fashion. "But I couldn't have lived without my contact lenses. "I like the romance of not having computers but I do like the ease of having a mobile phone it's almost impossible to imagine life without it." As an actor, Lee is quite the chameleon. Outside cop shows he has appeared in Jonathan Creek, Soldier, Soldier, Dalziel and Pascoe, Life On Mars (when he played Simm's father in a flashback scene), Wind In The Willows as Mole, Nicholas Nickleby as Smike, Spaced and Nature Boy. He's also appeared on the big screen in films Harry Potter and The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Doghouse, Wintering, Hippie Hippie Shake, Master And Commander, Borstal Boy and Cinderella — Ever After with Drew Barrymore. The acting bug runs through his family with mum Susan often appearing in amateur productions and older sister Donna also forging a career in the field.

Lee has come a long way since he first took on acting roles at Burnley Youth Theatre and was coached by Edge End's late drama teacher Brian Wellock. But despite his credentials, Lee admitted he was nervous about acting alongside Judge John Deed star Martin Shaw. ”When I first got the job, I thought I wouldn’t know what to do or say to him. "But it was completely the opposite, we just clicked straight away and it was like we’re both two old mates. ”I think I was pleasantly surprised that he’s just like you and me.” ”If someone’s well-established, you always think ‘I won’t know what to say to them because they’re on a pedestal’. But actually, within 10 minutes, you forget who they are and what they’ve done before and they’re just a bloke who enjoys working.” It’s lucky the pair get on so well, because filming on the show takes place over two-month stretches in Dublin, which stands in for Northumberland. ”It was weird the first time we filmed there, because I’m doing a Durham accent — and I was surrounded by a crew of Dubliners and a Welsh director. "But I love it, it’s a great place to work .

At weekends I tended to stick around Dublin. "It's a good Saturday night out and there were so many pubs — I was trying to get through them all." Inspector George Gently starts on BBC Four tonight. Inspector George Gently, TV review: Things weren't exactly gentle as as rape, murder and sexism kicked off new series | The Independent Inspector George Gently, TV review: Things weren't exactly gentle as as rape, murder and sexism kicked off new series Tonight, the focus was rape cases involving prostitutes, which the force wasn't investigating rigorously enough Wednesday 29 April 2015 22:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture Making progress: Lee Ingleby, Denise Welch and Martin Shaw BBC With an average of more than six million viewers a series, Inspector George Gently, clearly has a certain appeal. Having watched the first episode of the seventh series, I can reveal it's not for the subtle script. Set in the North-east in the bad old days of policing (1969) when women were for fetching the tea and being the butt of the sexist jokes – sample: "What do you say to a woman with two black eyes?" "Well, you had your warning." Got that?

This episode was all about the lasses, pet. The focus was rape cases involving prostitutes. Decent, likeable Gently was concerned that the force wasn't investigating them rigorously enough and that too many charges had been dropped by the same investigating officer – whose wife Bacchus was sleeping with – and a man with a penchant for ladies of the night. As these solid coppers tend to, Shaw's Gently, has a weakness (a serious health problem hidden from his colleagues). The character contrasts nicely with old-school (read: chauvinistic) Detective Sergeant Bacchus (Lee Ingleby) and the clever, will-clearly-go-far WPC Coles (Lisa McGrillis). In the end, as I suspect is always the case, Gently and co got their man and the women got the recognition and justice they deserved. Thankfully, the police force has seen progress. Inspector George Gently (TV Series 2007– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

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Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester. Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series 1996) Crime | Mystery | Drama Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities. Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland. Stars: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O'Donnell Edit Storyline The show throws Chief Inspector George Gently into a maelstrom of murders and mayhem, whilst lovingly recreating the swinging sixties as it finally hits the North-East, in perfect and nostalgic detail. With his sidekick, the ambitious and undisciplined Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, they make the perfect police partnership, full of warmth and humour. Written by Anonymous 8 April 2007 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia From Series 3, the series has been filmed in County Durham.

The production has been based at the old Whinney Hill School, which is also used as the front of the Police Station with a wonderful view of Durham Cathedral. See more » Goofs Many early episodes end with a scene of the murderer being executed, however in 1957 the death penalty was abolished except for murders using firearms or explosives, murders of police and prison officers, or multiple murders. See more » Quotes John Bacchus : [Gently and Bacchus are on the ground. Both wounded in the Cathedral shootout by Donald McGhee. Gently crawls over to Bacchus] I was - always on your side. George Gently : I know. I'm sorry. I left you unarmed. (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews It's an outstanding Police series set in the northeast in the mid 60's when murderers are still sent to the gallows. Martin Shaw plays Detective Chief Inspector George Gently and Ex Metropolitan Police officer and Lee Ingleby plays a cocky young Detective Sergeant Bacchus. Bacchus is occasionally described as a nasty piece of work and he often is. He's George's bulldog and George is not afraid to set him lose.

In 60's terms, George would not be classed as corrupt but he's not adverse to giving a bit of a slap when necessary. He's keen to get the right person locked up. Martin Shaw is worlds away from the smug hypocritical Judge Deed and all the better for it. From my own experience I can say that the series is quite realistic and I have no hesitation in recommending it. I look forward to further episodes 23 of 23 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Lee Ingleby — The Movie Database (TMDb) Report Biography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Ingleby (born 28 January 1976) is a British film, television, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus in the BBC Drama George Gently and as Stan Shunpike in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but he has made numerous appearances in British television drama and comedy in recent years. These include a lead role as Sean O'Neill in Jimmy McGovern's The Street, and a recurring role in the second series of Early Doors as Mel's boyfriend, Dean.

In addition, he played a significant part in the final episode of series one of Life on Mars, playing Sam Tyler's father Vic, and made an appearance in Spaced in 2001 (which was, along with Harry Potter, a rare occasion upon which he did not use his natural Northern accent, instead playing a Cockney). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Ingleby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Inspector George Gently star Martin Shaw: the BBC try to please everyone Andrew Duncan 4:30 PM, 06 February 2014 How pleasant to meet an actor who agrees he’s opinionated and stubborn and who talks in a mild voice unencumbered by PR speak. Martin Shaw, 69, lives deep in Norfolk in a low-ceilinged 17th-century cottage built by Quakers, and we talk in the Meeting Room. The next day he’s off to his even more remote croft in Galloway, “my real wilderness”, where there are no neighbours, or television reception, and minimal telephone access. He’s not a hermit, he insists.

“I can give a metaphysical answer why I like it: there’s a lack of mental noise, and a profound sense of emptiness. I love people, but like to turn off their noise.” This may be why he’s been married three times and his partner of the past few years, a yoga teacher, Karen da Silva, lives 200 yards down the road. “We share both houses. Marry again? I never say ‘never’.” His first wife, at 23, was an actress, Jill Allen, mother of his three grown-up children (Luke, Joe and Sophie), followed by an alternative therapist, Maggie Mansfield, and then TV presenter Vicky Kimm. He’s obviously not good husband material. “That’s one thing I can’t answer. If I could, I’d probably still be married. My children are close to their mother, as am I. The other two wives? A healthy completion. There’s no animosity, but no need to keep in touch. Finished, done.” He’s had therapy, “a useful tool for self knowledge”.

For more than 40 years he’s been a television stalwart, his sturdy gravitas making him ideal for a detective (Adam Dalgleish in the dramatisation of PD James’s Death in Holy Orders, and Ray Doyle in The Professionals), surgeon (Always and Everyone), judge (Judge John Deed), statesman (Rhodes) and priest (Apparitions). This week sees the start of the seventh series of Inspector George Gently, set in the 60s, in which he plays a widowed policeman, assisted by a combative sergeant, John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby). “If I say I’m surprised it’s continued so long, I’d be dissing the programme,” he says. “I take it as it comes because television is so capricious. There’s no formula for success, but the formula for failure is to try to please everyone and that’s what’s happening at the BBC. Bless ’em, it’s not their fault. They have to compete with ITV to justify the unpopular licence fee, which is incredibly cheap. Viewers think nothing of paying £20 a month for Sky. “We don’t know if there will be an eighth series.

They’ll wait to see our ratings and then if they do recommission, it will be too late. The pressure is on to write four films quickly, and once they’re finished, it’s passed up the food chain. The first set of administrators make changes and send it back to the writers who say, ‘You’ve taken out our favourite bits.’ They’ll rewrite and it goes to the next level. By the time it’s gone through everyone, the writers are tearing their hair out or walking off in a huff. “When we actors get the script, we’re often already committed to other work and have to make last-minute adjustments. “Gently can continue so long as the scripts are good. A bad one is like telling a lie. It doesn’t sit comfortably in the heart, mind or mouth. They all require work on set and one never knows if it’s the fault of the writers, or later adjustments.” I mention I detected a few infelicities in this week’s first part, Gently between the Lines. “I’m damn sure you did,” he says ruefully, smiling. There are several scenes of rioters protesting a slum clearance that are comical in their lack of an authentic crowd.

“I agree, but that’s all they would pay for. In America when a show is successful, the budget is increased, but here they take money away. It p***es me off, but as a human being you need a target and I don’t know where BBC decisions come from. You ask, ‘Why are 100 protestors played by six extras?’ and everyone says, ‘I know. Isn’t it a nightmare?’ Somewhere a god decrees it. Lee and I are trusted with our creative input and I flatter myself that’s important. Having been in this job for 50 years, I adjust parts of the script because, being arrogant, I know I’m right. I’m stubborn about the rhythm and content. “I’m told I become the person I’m playing. I love Gently but hope I’m not like him – a curmudgeon, moody, straight-laced and self-important, an old-time copper who’s fought in the Second World War. Like me, he’s not one for political correctness – it’s stupid – or health and safety, an unforeseen by-product of lawyers able to take work on contingency. Everyone is terrified of being sued.

Anything worth doing is run by people who know nothing – the BBC, NHS, government, police. I don’t know how it will change. Creativity and administration are innately exclusive. And here’s another idiocy – only young people can be on TV. It’s bloody obvious older people stay home to watch. The young go out. “I’m bound to say there are too many cop series because I’d like mine to be the only one, but it’s a shame there isn’t more variety. I was excited by Apparitions [BBC1 in 2008], my idea, about a Roman Catholic priest who carries out exorcisms. I believe in magic, which is where Prince Charles and I are in the same category. The BBC hierarchy sent notes saying it was the most exciting thing they’d seen in years. But after the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross debacle they pulled the plug because it was controversial. I was bitterly disappointed.” There’s another view: The Guardian described it as a ludicrous piece of old hokum. The first episode had an audience of 4.6 million, but this diminished to 2.8 million for the second.

The son of an engineer and a champion ballroom dancer, Shaw was born in Birmingham where, at 16, he was offered a scholarship to a local drama school, which he turned down for various jobs including work in a brass foundry. Two years later he went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, serving an apprenticeship as assistant stage manager in Hornchurch, Essex. One of his first TV appearances was in Coronation Street in 1967, as hippy student Robert Croft. “It was social drama reflecting life in the north in those days, and we rehearsed for a week. I can’t watch soaps now, because they’re so bad. It’s just people yelling at each other, although I don’t think I’ve seen more than 12 seconds of EastEnders. It’s hard to answer why they’re so popular without sounding grand. If wall-to-wall pornography and public executions were on television, they’d get massive ratings, too. We need challenging programmes, but viewers don’t want that, or to listen. It sounds as if I take a dim view of humanity, but I don’t.” A bit of a snob then? He laughs.

“Yes, when it comes to drama.” For the first ten years of his career he worked on the West End stage, at the National Theatre (Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in 1968 enabled him to buy a small house in East Barnet) and with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. The latter’s greeting when they first met, he recalls, mimicking the actor’s sibilant voice, was, “How do you do? You’re frightfully handsome. I suppose you’re married.’” Gielgud added an anatomical expletive. His relatively calm theatrical success was broken in 1977 when he was cast as C15 agent Ray Doyle in ITV’s hugely popular drama The Professionals, which had audiences of up to 18 million – although he complained he was playing a one-dimensional character in a one- dimensional series. “I hated fame and was unprepared. Celebrity is not my motivation. My tag line for years was ‘TV tough guy Martin Shaw’. The British industry puts us in boxes.” He and co-star Lewis Collins, who played fellow agent Bodie, had a healthy rivalry.

“We were very different, which contributed in part to the success.” Collins was furious when Shaw refused to accept repeat fees that were offered. He says the production company refused to negotiate. “But I should have remained dignified and kept my trap shut. I became precious, although I was sensible enough not to say, ‘I am an actor.’ It harmed me. I didn’t work for a couple of years. Morally, you should say what you think, but that’s not the way it works.” Collins moved to California but was unable to emulate his previous acting success. He died last November. “Ironically I heard just after receiving a Christmas card showing him and his family smiling in the sunshine. We weren’t in touch for 20 years until he and his wife came to dinner and we reminisced. It was a good way to end after the trials and tribulations of the series.” For Shaw, alcohol became another problem. “I drank prodigious amounts – half a bottle of Scotch, two bottles of wine, and odds and sods every day. I shudder to think how stupid I was. I didn’t even like it.

I wanted to be one of the crowd – Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, Peter O’Toole – and alcohol was the working-class actor’s way of becoming an amusing, outspoken hellraiser.” In 1967 he was severely beaten up in a brawl – he shows me a moveable plastic cheek bone on the right side of his face – in the Cromwell Road, west London. He remembers nothing about it. “I have traumatic amnesia.” He’s been teetotal and vegetarian for 42 years, as well as a follower of an Indian mystic, Charan Singh, who died in 1990. He once thought of retiring from acting to practise an alternative therapy called polarity, based on Indian Ayurvedic medicine. “It’s related to acupuncture, but you use your hands, and it involves elements of psychotherapy. I found it creative and something I wanted to do. I use it on myself and it helps me listen to my body and understand my mind.

But I decided I couldn’t make an adequate living for those I needed to support at the time.” All his children are actors – Sophie played his daughter in A Man for All Seasons, Joe was the young Rhodes in Rhodes, and Luke is foreman of the jury in the much-praised Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End. Shaw is Juror 8, the lead character played by Henry Fonda in the film, who convinces the others that a 16-year-old black boy, facing the electric chair for killing his father, is innocent. “It’s lovely working with Luke. We have the same ethos, and there’s no seniority. He gives me observations and notes, which are helpful. I explained the difficulties of acting to all my children, but they haven’t seen me experience them because I’ve been incredibly blessed since I left Hornchurch Rep after 18 months making tea and shovelling s**t. My upward curve was very steep. You can’t suggest to your children they might not be so lucky.” Unsurprisingly his hobby is also solitary. He flies a Second World War Piper L4 Cub spotter plane. “My interest is history rather than a means of transport.

These planes are hard to fly and I worry about crashing. Every time I take off I know where I’ll put down if the engine fails, and once I’m flying I look every few minutes for a place to land. I’m not scared of dying, but frightened of the process – spiralling down, waiting to hit the ground. The actual moment – no. My father, God bless him, one of the greatest men who ever lived and I miss him every day, died watching TV, aged 86, with a box of caramels in one hand and herb tea in the other.” His eyes moisten. He’s fastidious, spiritual, compulsive and admits, “All actors have a neurosis.” He doesn’t read about himself, he says, and for a while refused to give interviews. The police told him his phone was tapped by journalists. “I haven’t made up my mind what to do about that. Who hasn’t had problems with the press? What I’m quoted on is slanted, and mostly in a negative way – everyone enjoys a bit of schadenfreude. Ordinary, boring people doing a job are not interesting. But that’s exactly what I am.”

Question: What is the surname of the Detective Sergeant, played by Lee Ingleby, in the Inspector George Gently TV series?
Answer: BACCHUS